Suspected INLA man had mobile phone in jail, court hears

A Waterford man accused of INLA membership illegally took a mobile phone into a cell while in garda custody, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

It was the third day of the trial of John O’Donoghue (aged 27) of Clonard Park, Ballybeg, Co Waterford and James Butler (aged 55) of Ardmore Park, Ballybeg, Co Waterford, who both deny membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish National Liberation Army, otherwise the INLA on June 18, this year.